This used to be the Red Lion Inn for many years. The front desk lady told me that they renovated this motel 3 months ago. First, let me say this: I have traveled extensively and I used to stay in hotels regularly for work. I have also been a licensed insurance adjuster, and I have been trained to understand structures and how they degrade over time as well as how they are affected by weather. The phrase that comes to mind for this motel is "putting make-up on a pig." They have spent a lot of money painting and covering the past. You can put slabs of granite in the showers, but if you don't fix the rust issues on the doors, what is the point? Or the shower fans blowing into the dead space between the floors? That's just going to eventually cause mold issues (which the Red Lion had when it managed this property) But, paint on old structures aside, they have made a herculean attempt to update this property. It's just hard to tell if the issue is the low quality materials or the low quality help that did it. As for my experience today, under this new management, it was subpar for the price. The first room we were assigned to was musty because no one had flipped the unit properly- food was still in the fridge and a bunch of dirt and pine needle were at the edge of one of the beds. We called the office, and they reassigned us with many apologies. The next unit was better, but the fans don't work in the bathroom. After 20 minutes, they have not removed the regular bathroom smells. One of the 2 bathroom fans has no cover and is blowing directly back down into the bathroom, and the other is not moving at all, and probably broken. The granite slabs they put in the tub were not sealed properly, allowing moisture to get in. The thin fabric curtain for the shower doesn't cover the whole shower area and lets water through onto the floor while you shower, making a puddle for you to step into when you are done. A couple of the "fresh" folded towels in the bathroom had dirt marks on them, like someone dropped them on the asphalt accidentally and then put them up on the shelf anyway. Cigarette burn marks on the carpet. The A/C works great, but it's a residential unit put through a hole in the back wall, which lets little bugs in. There are holes around the light fixtures. Random holes in the walls. Sloppy paint all over the place. Old food particles on the floor next to the beds. Cobwebs above the main entry door. Stains on the sketchy recliner near the window. It's kind of like someone said, "how cheaply can we make this ancient building look like a premium hotel..." Well guess what? For $120 a night, this is a quite a rip off. This should be $70 max! The one saving grace is that the staff was helpful and pleasant.

I won't be returning... ever.